NSA espionage scandal

NSA espionage scandal

Michael Reynolds / European Pressphoto Agency

The latest allegation of excessive National Security Agency surveillance, a report in the German weekly Der Spiegel, contends the U.S. agency illegally spied on foreign diplomatic missions in the United States. Among the venues where communications were reportedly intercepted was the European Union's U.S. delegation headquarters in Washington, above.

The latest allegation of excessive National Security Agency surveillance, a report in the German weekly Der Spiegel, contends the U.S. agency illegally spied on foreign diplomatic missions in the United States. Among the venues where communications were reportedly intercepted was the European Union's U.S. delegation headquarters in Washington, above. (Michael Reynolds / European Pressphoto Agency)

The latest allegation of excessive National Security Agency surveillance, a report in the German weekly Der Spiegel, contends the U.S. agency illegally spied on foreign diplomatic missions in the United States. Among the venues where communications were reportedly intercepted was the European Union's U.S. delegation headquarters in Washington, above.